EP0418919B1 - Appareil et méthode de commande pour plusieurs circuits - Google Patents

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EP0418919B1
EP0418919B1 EP19900118191 EP90118191A EP0418919B1 EP 0418919 B1 EP0418919 B1 EP 0418919B1 EP 19900118191 EP19900118191 EP 19900118191 EP 90118191 A EP90118191 A EP 90118191A EP 0418919 B1 EP0418919 B1 EP 0418919B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/54—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the switching device and for which no provision exists elsewhere
    • H01H9/548—Electromechanical and static switch connected in series
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/54—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the switching device and for which no provision exists elsewhere

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  • the present invention relates to a multicircuit control apparatus for frequently opening/closing many lighting feeder circuits or the like.
  • a circuit control apparatus is disclosed in FR-A 2 563 394 comprising a main contact connected to a power source.
  • a load comprising an electric motor is connected to the main contact via a plurality of semi-conductor switching devices, each being connected in series to the main contact.
  • a control circuit closes the main contact before turning on the semi-conductor switches in response to on-command signals supplied thereto.
  • the main contact is opened only after turning off the semi-conductor switches in response to an off-command signal.
  • FIG.6 is a connection diagram showing another conventional multicircuit control apparatus which is disclosed in the gazette of JP-A-62-193481.
  • a multicircuit 100 includes plural (e.g. four) remote-controlled relays 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D, each of which has a main contact 35 for opening and closing a load circuit (not shown) connected opening and closing a load circuit (not shown) connected therewith.
  • remote-controlled relays 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D are connected with four remote control switches 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D via a power source 7, respectively, thereby constituting a multicircuit control apparatus in which each of the remote-controlled relays 3A, ---, 3D is controlled by corresponding one of remote control switches 6A, ---, 6D.
  • FIG.7 is a circuit diagram showing only the circuit concerning the remote-controlled relay 3A and the remote control switch 6A in FIG.6.
  • an end of an operation coil 31 is connected to the power source 7, and the other end is connected to both a cathode of a diode 32 and an anode of a diode 33.
  • An anode of the diode 32 and a cathode of the diode 33 are connected to a changeover switch 34.
  • This changeover switch 34 alternately makes connection with one of the diodes 32 and 33 at every inverting excitations of the operation coil 31.
  • the main contact 35 which is to be connected to the load circuit, makes or breaks contact in response to the alternate connecting states of the changeover switch 34.
  • an anode of a diode 61 and a cathode of a diode 62 are connected to the changeover switch 34 of the remote-controlled relay 3A, and a cathode of the diode 61 and an anode of the diode 62 are connected to the power source 7 through switches 63a and 63b, respectively.
  • a cathode of a diode 65 is connected to the changeover switch 34 via a resistor 64, and an anode of the diode 65 is connected to a cathode of an LED 66.
  • An anode of a diode 68 is also connected to the changeover switch 34 via a resistor 67, and a cathode of the diode 68 is connected to an anode of an LED 69. Both an anode of the LED 66 and a cathode of the LED 69 are connected to the power source 7.
  • the operation coil 31 is sufficiently excited, thereby causing the changeover motion of the changeover switch 34.
  • the changeover switch 34 instantaneously changes the connection from terminal 34b to a terminal 34a, and the main contact 35 breaks contact at the same time.
  • the changeover switch 34 makes connection to the terminal 34a, the current flow is stopped due to the reverse polarity of the diode 33. In this state, current flows in a closed loop which includes the power source 7, the operation coil 31, the diode 33, the changeover switch 34, the resistor 67, the diode 68 and the LED 69. Flowing of the current is allowed in only one direction due to presence of the diodes 33 and 68, and the LED 69 emits light.
  • control is carried out in substantially only one loop with two wires connected to the remote control switch 6A by utilizing respective half waves of AC power source 7 as two directional signals. This has been known as the "two-wire" control method.
  • the main contact 35 is a mechanical contact which is mechanically actuated by electromagnetic force generated by the operation coil 31. Since the operation coil 31 necessitates a comparatively large amount of energy to generate such an electromagnetic force, the total energy required becomes large for control of many circuits such as the lighting feeder circuits. Therefore, the power source 7, which is the energy only for the control, has to be of large capacity. This is of course undesirable in respect of saving energy.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a multicircuit control apparatus which has a very long lifetime and high insulating ability of off time and reduces the energy required for operation.
  • a multicircuit control apparatus is provided by the present invention as defined in claim 1.
  • FIG.1 is a single-line diagram showing a multicircuit control apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.2 is a circuit diagram showing connections between the multicircuit control apparatus 10 in FIG.1 and four remote control switches 6A, ---, 6D.
  • FIG.3 is a circuit diagram showing an internal circuit of an electromagnetic switch 12 in FIG.1.
  • FIG.4(a) and FIG.4(b) are circuit diagrams showing two types of an internal circuit of the remote control switch 6A in FIG.2.
  • FIG.5 is a graph showing each on or off state of a main contact 125 and plural triacs 13a, ---, 13d in FIG.2.
  • FIG.5a is a flow chart which is to be executed by a microcomputer 152 in FIG.1.
  • FIG.6 is a circuit diagram showing the conventional multicircuit control apparatus.
  • FIG.7 is a circuit diagram showing the conventional two-wires control circuit extracted from FIG.7.
  • FIG.1 is a single-line diagram showing a multicircuit control apparatus 10.
  • the multicircuit control apparatus 10 includes an electromagnetic switch 12, plural (e.g. four) semiconductor control devices such as triacs 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d and a control circuit 15 and has a primary terminal 11, four secondary terminals 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d and four control terminals 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d with a common terminal 17.
  • a main contact 125 of the electromagnetic switch 12 is connected to the primary terminal 11, and each of the triacs 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d is connected in series with the main contact 125 of the electromagnetic switch 12.
  • Secondary lines of the triacs 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d are connected to the secondary terminals 14a, 14b, 14c and 14d, respectively.
  • a control section 12a of the electromagnetic switch 12 and gate lines of the triacs 13a, ---, 13d are connected to the control circuit 15 which receives signals from the control terminals 16a, ---, 16d and its common terminal 17.
  • the primary terminal 11 is connected to a main power source (not shown), and the secondary terminals 14a, ---, 14d are connected to respective loads such as lighting equipments.
  • the control circuit 15 is composed of an input signal processing circuit 151, a microcomputer 152, a gate control circuit 153, a power source circuit 154, a switch control circuit 155 and plural diodes 156a, ---, 156d.
  • Input signals coming from the remote control switch 6A, ---, 6D are supplied to the microcomputer 152 through the input signal processing circuit 151.
  • the microcomputer 152 takes the present on/off states of the main contact 125 and the triacs 13a,---, 13d into consideration and forwards control signals to the gate control circuit 153 and the switch control circuit 155, thereby controlling the triacs 13a, ---, 13d and the electromagnetic switch 12, respectively.
  • Four diodes 156a, ---, 156d are provided in order to separate signals given to the control terminals 16a, ---, 16d from one another.
  • the triacs 13a, ---, 13d are switched on or off by the corresponding remote control switches 6A, ---, 6D, respectively.
  • FIG.3 is a circuit diagram showing an internal circuit of the electromagnetic switch 12 which is composed of the main contact 125 and the control section 12a.
  • a cathode of a diode 121, an anode of a diode 122 and one end of an operation coil 124 are connected to the control circuit 15 (FIG.1).
  • the other end of the operation coil 124 is connected to a common terminal of a changeover switch 123 which alternately makes connection with one of the diodes 121 and 122 at every inversions of excitation of the operation coil 124.
  • the main contact 125 is also actuated by the operation coil 124 to make/break contact in response to the alternate state of the changeover switch 123. That is, when the changeover switch 123 makes connection with the diode 121 as shown in FIG. 3, the main contact 125 is opened. When the changeover switch 123 makes connection with the diode 122, the main contact 125 is closed.
  • FIG. 4(a) and FIG. 4(b) are circuit diagrams showing two types of an internal circuit, for instance, of the remote control switch 6A.
  • Other remote control switches 6B, ---, 6D have the same internal circuit as that of the remote control switch 6A.
  • an anode 61 of a diode 61 and a cathode of a diode 62 are connected to the terminal 601a.
  • One end of a switch 63a and one end of a switch 63b are connected to the diodes 61 and 62, respectively, and both the other ends of the switches 63a and 63b are connected to the terminal 602a.
  • a resistor 64 is connected between the terminals 601a and 602a.
  • the diodes 61, 62 and the switches 63a, 63b are provided in the similar way to the above. Further, between the terminals 601a and 602a, operation indicator circuits are provided. That is, an anode of an LED 66 is connected to the terminal 602a via a resistor 64, and its cathode is connected to the terminal 601a. A cathode of an LED 69 is connected to the terminal 602a, and its anode is connected to the terminal 601a via a resistor 67.
  • FIG.S is a graph showing each on or off state of the main contact 125 and the triacs 13a, ---, 13d.
  • a time chart “M” represents an on or off state of the main contact 125, and time charts A, B, C and D represent on or off states of the triacs 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d, respectively.
  • the control circuit 15 gives a gate of the triac 13a a turn-on signal at the time T3.
  • the triac 13a is thereby turned on, and the power is supplied to the load (not shown) connected therewith.
  • one of other triacs 13b, 13c and 13d is turned on instead of the triacs 13a, the similar operation to that mentioned above is carried out.
  • the control circuit 15 maintains the on-state of the electromagnetic switch 12 as long as at least one triac is on.
  • FIG.5 wherein four triacs 13a, ---, 13d are turned on and subsequently off in turn with an overlap time when two triacs are on. That is, the triac 13c is turned on as shown by the time chart C before the triac 13a (the time chart A) is turned off. Next, the triac 13b (the time chart B) is turned on before the triac 13c is turned off. Further, the triac 13d (the time chart D) is turned on before the triac 13b is turned off.
  • the main contact 125 (the time chart M) is maintained to be on-state by the control circuit 15.
  • the control circuit 15 shuts off the gate signal for the triac 13d.
  • the triac 13d is thereby turned off at the time T5.
  • the control circuit 15 detects a state that all gate voltages of the triac 13a, ---, 13d are zero, and subsequently, the control circuit 15 actuates the electromagnetic switch 12 to open its main contact 125 at the time T6.
  • the main contact 125 Since the load current has been already broken by the triacs 13a, ---, 13d, the main contact 125 does not break the current in substance but makes disconnection only. Owing to the mechanical "open" state of the main contact 125, secondary lines of the main contact 125 is fully insulated from the primary lines.
  • the control circuit 15 makes the main contact on and subsequently turns the corresponding triac on. While the main contact 125 is closed, on or off control can be frequently carried out by the triacs 13a, ---, 13d which are opened/closed by a small power consumption without arc. That is, insulation of the secondary line in the off-time, which is important to safety, is secured by the main contact 125, and both saving energy and long lifetime are secured by the triacs 13a, ---, 13d which are the semiconductor control devices.

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  1. Dispositif de commande pour plusieurs circuits comprenant :
    un contact principal (125) pouvant être relié à une ligne (11) d'une source d'alimentation ;
    un certain nombre de dispositifs de commutation à semiconducteurs (13a-13d), chacun étant relié en série audit contact principal (125) et pouvant être relié à une charge (14a-14b) ; et
    un circuit de commande (15) qui ferme ledit contact principal (125) avant de mettre en service les dispositifs de commutation (13a-13d) en réponse à des signaux de commande de mise en service appliqués à ceux-ci et ouvre ledit contact principal (125) après mise en service des dispositifs de commutation en réponse aux signaux de commande de mise en service appliqués à ceux-ci,
    caractérisé en ce que
    ledit dispositif comprend de plus des bornes de commande (16a-16d) pour recevoir séparément un signal de commande de mise en service ou hors service pour chacun des dispositifs de commutation (13a-13d),
    ledit circuit de commande (15), lorsque tous desdits dispositifs de commutation sont à l'état hors service, ferme ledit contact principal (125) en réponse à un signal de commande de mise en service pour mettre en service seulement l'un desdits dispositifs de commutation (13a-13d) et ensuite met en service ledit dispositif de commutation, et
    ledit circuit de commande (15) ouvre ledit contact principal (125) en détectant la condition selon laquelle tous lesdits dispositifs de commutation (13a-13d) ont été tout d'abord mis hors service.
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